Unemployment decreased 29,900 (4.0%) to 713,200. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work decreased 16,700 to 509,800 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 13,300 to 203,400.

The unemployment rate decreased 0.2 pts to 5.8%, based on unrounded estimates.

Participation rate decreased 0.2 pts to 64.7%.

Aggregate monthly hours worked increased 8.0 million hours (0.5%) to 1,617.2 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

April 2014

8 May 2014

May 2014

12 June 2014

June 2014

10 July 2014

July 2014

7 August 2014

August 2014

11 September 2014

September 2014

9 October 2014

ROUNDING

Estimates of monthly and quarterly changes shown on the front cover and used in the commentary have been calculated using unrounded estimates, and may be different from, but are more accurate than, movements obtained from the rounded estimates. The graphs on the front cover also depict unrounded estimates.

SAMPLING ERROR

The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and the movements derived from them are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability (see Standard Errors section). The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.

MOVEMENTS IN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2014 AND MARCH 2014

Monthly change

95% Confidence interval

Total Employment

18 100

-39 300

to

75 500

Total Unemployment

-29 900

-70 300

to

10 500

Unemployment rate

-0.2 pts

-0.6 pts

to

0.2 pts

Participation rate

-0.2 pts

-0.6 pts

to

0.2 pts

INQUIRIES

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